Movable irrigating-flume



No. 60,991. Patented Jan. 17. I899.

.J. B. McDlLL.

MOVABLE IRBIGATING FLUME.

(Application filed Feb 15, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Fall? mfikmvea $1 Swwmkok UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. MODILL, OF SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

MOVABLE lRRlGATlNG-FLUME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,991, dated January 17, 1899.

Application filed February 15 1898. Serial No. 670,414. (No model.)

T0 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES B. MODILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Movable Irrigating-Flumes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in irrigating flumes whereby the same are removable, so as to be placed out of the way while the ground is being cultivated, &c., and whereby I obtain advantages impossible where a fixed fiume is used; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter claimed.

Figure I is a perspective view showing my improved movable fiume in two sections. Fig. II is a modification showing the fiume in one section. Fig. III is a plan View of the form shown in Fig. I. Fig. IV is a plan view of the form shown in Fig. II. Fig. Vis a front elevation of the stand-pipe and the movable fiumes placed in the stand-pipe as a convenient receptacle for the same when they are not in use.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a vertical stand-pipe, which is connected by a supply-pipe generally placed beneath the surface of the ground and controlled by suitable valves, whereby the water may be permitted to flow and pass out through the stand-pipe.

2 represents discharge=pipes connected with the stand-pipes, through which the water is discharged.

3 represents myimprovedremovable fiume, the form shown in Fig. I being inclosed on all sides and having elbows 4-, open at their upper ends, through which the water from the discharge-pipes 2 passes, the water passing into the fiume and being distributed therefrom through a series of orifices 5, said orifices being controlled by a series of movable gates or slides 6, by which means the amount of water passing any one orifice may be controlled or the orifices shut off entirely, if so desired.

In the form of fiume shown in Fig. I it will operate successfully even if the ground is not level, as the fiume being inclosed the water cannot flow out at the top of the same. The form shown in Fig. II is adapted for a level surface, where there is no tendency for the water to flow mainly to either end of the fiume. In this latter form I have preferably shown the slides 6 on the inside of the fiume. The stand-pipe 1 is open at the top, as shown at 7, and when the fiume is not in use it may be placed within the same, as shown in Fig. V, in order to hold it out of the way of the cultivator and to protect it from injury, decay, &c.

In the form shown in Fig. I, I prefer to bevel off the upper outer corners, as shown at 8, so that when the two sections of fiume are placed back to back and placed in the stand-pipe, as shown in Fig. I, the corners will not project to prevent a ready passage of the fiume into the stand-pipe.

There are many advantages in myimproved removable fiume over a fixed fiume, a few of which are as follows: Less length of fiume is required. WVhen the fiume is not in use, it can be placed out of the way of danger of the team in cultivating and otherwise preserved by placing it in the stand-pipe. By the removal of the fiume the furrows 9 may be cultivated up to the fiume, so that when the water is turned on no shoveling is required to have the water pass into the furrows. By the removal of the fiume the ground may be more thoroughly cultivated, permitting the team to travel farther than where a stationary fiume is used, another advantage being that during the season when the fiume is not in use it may be readily stacked away and protected from the elements, there being numerous other advantages not necessary to mention in this application, but which are obvious to persons familiar with irrigating.

The stand-pipes generally are placed opposite each of the rows of trees in the orchard, and the fiume discharges the water into the furrows formed on each side of the trees. It is obvious, however, that the fiume may be used for irrigating other products or vegetation.

I claim as my invention 1. As a new article of manufacture, a movopen for the passage of Water, substantially 10 as set forth.

The foregoing specification signed at Los Angeles this 7th day of February, 1898.

JAMES B. MCDIL'L.

In presence of EMMET H. WILSON, J AS. E. KNIGHT. 

